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We are looking to appoint a post-CCT Clinical Fellow Knee Orthopaedic Surgery.
Bart’s Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK and offers comprehensive service covering the full range of Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery and has a long and rich heritage of innovation and training in orthopaedics and trauma.
The post CCT arthroplasty fellowship position is for 12 months, working across our network of hospitals (The Royal London Hospital, Bart’s Health Orthopaedic Centre and Whipps Cross Hospital). Our team treat the full range knee conditions allowing us to customize the fellowships to a degree in order to provide an optimal experience suited to the successful applicant’s needs. The fellowship provide solid grounding in knee arthroplasty (total and partial), Knee preservation (cartilage, meniscus, osteotomy and ligament) as well as exposure to complex revision surgery as the major revision knee centre including; peri-prosthetic fracture management, multi-stage revision and massive endo-prosthetic replacement.
Main duties of the job
The positions provides a mixture of supervised and independent practice to prepare the fellows for independent consultant practice with a specialist interest in knee surgery furthermore. The fellows are integral members of the team involved in day to day care of patient in clinics, theatre and on the wards.
The successful applicant(s) will work closely with all the consultants in the department, Mr Jaison Patel and Mr Joshua Lee will act as the educational supervisor and the whole team will assist in mentoring. The Barts fellowships have an excellent record of helping the applicants directly move on to substantive consultant posts.
Our orthopaedic academic unit has a strong track record of involvement in clinical trials and research, the fellows are strongly encouraged to actively participate in research opportunities. In addition, the fellows are expected to complete an audit or quality improvement project during their time and publish a paper in a peer reviewed journal.
We are delighted to accept fellows from across the UK and internationally.
You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and be post CCT or within 3 months of obtaining CCT.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Audit experience
- Ability to advise on efficient & smooth running of a specialist service and to organise & manage outpatient priorities, surgical waiting & operating lists
- Experience of supervising doctors in training and in teaching clinical & operative skills
- Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical/surgical problems
- Publications in indexed journals
Desirable
- Experience of audit management
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
Skills
Essential
- Presentation skills Team, interpersonal & communication skills
- Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to work under pressure
- Caring attitude to patients
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Commitment to engage with Quality improvement processes and drive further development
- Take an active leadership role within the clinical environment
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
- Reliable work record
Desirable
- Flexible approach to work and evidence of team working
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on range of elective & emergency problems within specialty
- Able to take full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Engage fully with both NATSSIPS and LOCSSIPS as required and develop these as required.
- Engage fully with relevant governance processes.
Experience
Essential
- Completed training in Trauma and Orthopaedics (e.g. post-CCT)
- Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Experience at consultant level working in a major trauma centre
- Fellowship training in knee surgery
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with current licence to practice
- The candidate should be on the GMC specialist register or within 6-months of obtaining this.
- Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
- Relevant Fellowship training
Desirable
- Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare
- Higher level research degree (MD or equivalent)
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This advert is for Post CCT Fellow (eqv to ST8+) in Orthopaedic Lower Limb with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery role. The advertised salary is £64,690 - £69,976 P.A pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Other). The application deadline is 29 Jun 2026.
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